Don't use taxes for birth control

December 17, 2007|Danielle DiLenge, Pompano Beach

Bill O'Reilly recently had an argument that many people would agree with: taxpayers paying for birth control in public universities. I don't understand this issue at all. Being a college student at a public university, I know that you can walk into a clinic on campus, and there is a fish bowl of condoms. This is absurd to me. It's almost like asking students to have sex for free.

I think it's great if private facilities in the area want to hand out free condoms, but using taxpayer money to prevent pregnancies on college campuses is out of line. I don't want to pay for other people's birth control.

There are millions of students who attend public universities. Around each university, there are tons of bars and clubs that students miraculously find money to go to. The argument from the school is that students don't have the funds necessary to buy birth control. This is false. Underage drinking and premarital sex have climbed the charts, and providing students with easy access to birth control is not helping the situation.

Therefore, I believe that taxpayer dollars should not be used to support students' sexual lives. Last year, there was $32 million put into this. That is $32 million less that the government has to use on issues that are real and pertinent in America.